These 10 CA Restaurants Named Among 50 Best In North America

Ten restaurants in California were just named to the North America’s 50 Best Restaurants list.

The annual list was announced on Thursday. The highest-ranked Golden State offering was SingleThread in Sonoma County, which came in 16th on the list and was also named the best restaurant in the western U.S. for 2026.

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"Led by husband-and-wife team Kyle and Katina Connaughton — a chef and farmer respectively — SingleThread's Japanese-influenced, super-sustainable cooking has garnered it widespread attention," according to the ranking announcement, which praised SingleThread's "exquisite tasting menu of kaiseki-style dining."

Restaurants are voted on by a group of 300 people that includes restaurant experts, chefs, restaurateurs and food journalists. They take into account quality of food, service, surroundings, atmosphere, social impact and price.

The full list includes 14 restaurants from Canada and 36 from the U.S. The top spot on the list went to Smyth in Chicago, which is known for its seasonality and Midwestern flavors.

Here are the California restaurants that made the ranking:

• No. 16: SingleThread, Healdsburg
• No. 22: Saison, San Francisco
• No. 26: Holbox, Los Angeles
• No. 31: Addison by William Bradley, San Diego
• No. 32: Providence, Los Angeles
• No. 33: Benu, San Francisco
• No. 44: Atelier Crenn, San Francisco
• No. 45, Sons & Daughters, San Francisco
• No. 46, Somni, Los Angeles
• No. 49, Kato, Los Angeles.

View the full list of North America's 50 Best Restaurants at theworlds50best.com/stories/News/north-americas-50-best-restaurants-2026-1-50-list.html.